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Michelangelo
Words: 334 - Pages: 2.... He also sculpted from life. A great man in Italy named Lorenzo lived in a palace and was wealthy. liked him, so he sculpted a wonderful mystical fawn head for him. Lorenzo was speechless. He asked to live with him in his palace.
After two years in the palace, Lorenzo died and was left alone. His father wanted some of his money. loved his father with all of his heart. was not doing well with money at the time, but gave his father some. Then, Julius Pope asked to paint the vault of the Sistine Chapel. took the job and started. He started in 1508 and finished in 1512.
When was 59 years old, ’s dad and favorite brother .....
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Hannibal 2
Words: 1249 - Pages: 5.... an ally of Rome. When Saguntum began trouble between Carthage and Rome in 219 B.C., Hannibal raided the city. This began the Second Punic War. Hannibal began a long and dangerous journey, with battle elephants marching at the front of his army (Green 21).
Hannibal left a lasting reminder of his deeds in the names of Spanish places such as Potus Hannibalis, Insula Hannabalis, and Scalae Hannibalis (Lancel 12).
In the spring of 218 B.C., Hannibal handed over command of the Spanish armies to his brother Hasdrubal. He then led his troops north toward the Pyrenees Mountains and began one of the most famous journeys in history (Green 24) .....
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Julius Caesar's Personality Was What Killed Him
Words: 513 - Pages: 2.... to the crowd. During the celebration Caesar was warned by a Soothsayer, that something was going to happen “Beware the Ides of March” (Act I Scene II), he was told. He was warned several other times also. Even though Julius Caesar was a superstitious man, he chose to ignore the warnings. His superstition shows when he claims his wife, Calpurnia, she can be cured of sterility if she is touched by one of the holy runners. In this case the holy runner is friend Mark Antony who is with him until the end. Two other men in the crowd, Marcus Brutus and Cassius, are nobles and conspire against Caesar. They plan to assassinate Caesa .....
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Mark Twain
Words: 674 - Pages: 3.... was apprenticed to a printer. An apprentice works for someone in order to learn a trade. This was the first step toward his career as a writer. In 1857 he apprenticed himself to a riverboat pilot. He became a licensed pilot and spent two and a half years at his new trade. The river swarmed with traffic, and the pilot was the most important man aboard the boat. He wrote of these years in 'Life on the Mississippi'.
The Civil War ended his career as a pilot. Clemens went west to Nevada and soon became a reporter on the Virginia City newspaper. Here he began using the pen name . It is an old river term meaning two fathoms, or 12 feet (4 meters) .....
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The Work Of Poet And Philosoher Archibald Lampman
Words: 1734 - Pages: 7.... the one problem that is always present, Man.
With few close friends like Duncan Campell Scott, and other that were
poetically inclinded, Lampman formed a group through-out collage that met
frequently to write and discuss. Close friends like that influenced him to
write such popular pieces as "Heat" and "A sunset at Les Eboulements" and yet in
his darkest moments we get the main topic of this essay "The City of The End of
Things". Like most great poets, Lampmans moods and feelings had a direct effect
on the nature and topic of his poetry. Lampman chief poetry was done after a
great joy in his life, or a great sadness. Sadly, Archibal .....
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Adolf Hitler: Ruthless Leader Of Germany
Words: 1341 - Pages: 5.... to be accepted to the academy in 1906. In 1907 he tried again and was confident that he would make it in. To his surprise he failed again to be accepted into the academy. The dean of the academy told Adolf that he could never be a painter (Smith 29). This rejection crushed him, as he now had nowhere else to go. I like to speculate what would have happened if he had been accepted into the academy. Would the world have been spared World War II?
While living in Vienna Adolf made his living by drawing small pictures of famous landmarks which he sold as post cards. He wasn’t successful and didn’t make any money. He was a regular re .....
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Jane Adams
Words: 764 - Pages: 3.... ch.1). She was constantly afraid that she might embarrass the handsome father she adored. Her father John Adams was a successful businessman and politician who tried to pass on to his daughter his ideals of hard work, achievement, democracy, and equality. He taught her tolerance, generosity, and strong work ethics which were all traits of his Quaker faith. He encouraged her to pursue higher education but not at the cost of losing her femininity and the prospect of marriage and motherhood. John Addams was Cedarville's most respected citizen. A prosperous miller, Jane would sometimes hangout at her father's flourmill where she wou .....
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Billie Holiday
Words: 643 - Pages: 3.... of six (E). The turmoil within Billie's family was manifested when Billie commented later on in life that "As far as I'm Concerned, all the Fagans are dead" (W 14). This made her family very mad and lead to their further abandonment of Billie. Aside from the superficial tension between Billie and her mother, they did their best to remain loyal to one another and provide for each other (W 201).
As Billie grew older, life grew harder and reality slowly became more and more real for her. At age 10, Billie was raped, further strengthening Billie's image of reality. As Billie grew older she became carefree and grew to have a strong temper .....
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Bill Cosby
Words: 1286 - Pages: 5.... were poor in junior high, when he took the standardized tests he was accepted to Central High School, which was a school for all the gifted children in Pennsylvania. Now being six feet, he was on the high school football team. But in the first week of football he broke his arm. Since there were few blacks in the school and he was slightly a target of biggotous remarks he went back to getting attention by clowning around in class again. He was later sent to Germantown Highschool where all his neighborhood friends went. He was back with his friends but his grades started to drop. He was left back twice. He was also too old to participate .....
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Julius Caesar: Military And Political Strength
Words: 730 - Pages: 3.... kind.
The Early Life of Julius Caesar is a classical study of the history of
power and wealth in early Rome. Caesar was born on July 12, 100 BC. His father
belonged to the prestigious Julian clan. His uncle by marriage was Gaius Marius,
leader of the Populares which supported agrarian reform and was opposed by the
reactionary Optimates. Marius saw to it that Julius Caesar was appointed flamen
dialis which is a archaic priesthood with no power. Caesar marriage in 84 BC to
Cornelia, the daughter of Marius's associate was a political match. When Lucius
Cornelius Sulla, Marius's enemy and leader of the Optimates, was made dictator
in 82 BC .....
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